Congratulations to Water Institute members Laura Hug and Janusz Pawliszyn, who will receive a combined total of $2M through the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) and Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF).
Water reservoirs created by damming rivers could have significant impacts on the world’s carbon cycle and climate system that aren’t being accounted for, a new study concludes.
The 2017 Water Institute RBC distinguished lecturer, Quentin Grafton, will present Innovation, Incentives and Infrastructure in the Blue Economy as part of Elsevier's fourth International Water Research Conference, hosted by the Water Institute.
The Institute for Polymer Research is hosting a seminar by Nicolas Kalogerakis, a professor of biochemical engineering and vice-president of the University Council at the Technical University of Crete in Greece. Professor Kalogerakis is presenting, "Bio-degradation of plastic debris in the marine environment: Any hope for clean oceans?"
Researchers at the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change and the Partners for Action research network at the University of Waterloo surveyed 2,300 homeowners who live in communities that the Government of Canada’s Flood Damage Reduction Program designated as flood-risk areas.
The study found that 94 percent of respondents are unaware of their risk and don’t know that recent government policy changes puts the onus on homeowners to insure their homes.
The story includes comments by Water Institute member Blair Feltmate, of the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development.
Dangerous Ideas is hosting a panel discussion on May 31, 2017, featuring Vandana Shiva, Shiv Chopra, Maude Barlow and Chief Leslee White-Eye. This event will take place at St. Paul’s University College in room 105.
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Beehive Collective Workshop
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Water is Life Panel
A team of researchers has discovered that many Canadian lakes can provide new insights into ancient oceans, and their findings could advance research about greenhouse gas emissions, harmful algal blooms, and early life forms.
In this talk Ni-Bin Chang, director at the Stormwater Management Academy and professor in Environmental Systems Engineering at the University of Central Florida, focuses on the challenges and forefronts in optical remote sensing for earth observations using case studies of Lake Erie and Lake Nicaragua.
